Writing and Developing the Unit

January 17, 2008
Large Lecture Theatre, NBCHS

9:15 Welcome and Introduction to PhotoSharing

9:45 Planning

• Essential questions and enduring understanding
• Setting goals/outcomes/objectives

Assessment

• Quick overview of assessment understandings
• Choose projects for summative/evaluation/performance
• Choose ongoing tools for formative/assessment
  • Teacher Helpers: Assessment & Rubric Information - an extensive collection assessment tools and information about assessment including rubrics.

Resources
Learning Activities

10:30 Unit Components

• Description/definition of inquiry learning?
• Objectives/outcomes
• Assessment
• Suggested timelines?
• Suggested resources
• Detailed lessons
• Appendix
  • Instructional strategy descriptions
  • Technology tool instructions
  • Student exemplar
  • Assessment tools/rubrics

10:45 Writing

11:30 Lunch

12:15 Writing

2:45 Future Plans

Assessment Resources
1. Food for thought from leaders in the area

• Mardisan for Giberter exercise
• Lee Jenkins
• Douglas Reeves
• Anne Davies

2. Resources
Alberta Assessment Consortium
Region 3 Assessment Resource
Relevant Assessment

A Mardasan Giberter for Farfie
Gils was very fraper. She had denarpen Farfie's mardasan. She didn't talp a giberter for him. So she conlanted to plimp a mardasan binky for him. She had just sparved the binky when he gibbled in the gorder.
"Clorsty for the mardasan binky," boffed Farfie, "but my mardasan is on Starsan. Agcan is Kelsan."
"In that ruspen, " boffed Gils, "I won't talp your giberter until Stansan."

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